When you feel a cold coming on, you might reach for echinacea supplements to stop the sniffles. Some evidence suggests echinacea might help reduce the effects of upper respiratory tract infections but findings are limited.1
Echinacea, or purple coneflower, is an herb traditionally used in some Native American medicinal practices for wound healing. Echinacea purpurea and Echinacea angustifolia are two of the most common varieties used today in natural medicine for immune support.2
Echinacea supplements touting immune-boosting benefits are available as teas, tinctures, and gummies. But they shouldn’t be taken daily, according to Debra G. Bell, MD, an integrative medicine family physician and co-director of education at the Osher Center for Integrative Health at UW Medicine in Seattle.
Read more here: https://www.verywellhealth.com/should-you-take-echinacea-supplements-7373382
